Roll-paper holder and cutter.



I No. 842,959.

ammwto'c WWW PATENTED FEB 5, 1907 'P. KAUFMAN. ROLL PAPER HOLDER ANDCUTTER,

APPLICATION FILED APR 27, 1906 ru: NORRIS PETERS co WASHINGYONfD. c.

TE il sArns PATENT onion.

FRANK KAUFMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE WEST MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5,1907.

Application filed April 27,1906. Serial No. 314.031.

To all whom it may concern.-

tion.

My present invention relates to roll-paper: holders and cutters; and itparticularly relates to the constructions, arrangements,

and combinations of the various parts, as:

well as the apparatus as a whole, all of which will hereinafter be morefully described, as.

well as clearly specified in the appended claims.

In the drawings illustrating the best: form of apparatus to me now knownfor em-' bodying my inventlon, Figure 1 1s a sectional side elevationview substantially on line a: at of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a front elevatlonview thereof and showing a portion of a simi lar cutter bolted thereto,the foot of which 1s. Fig. 3 in its up in central vertical section. perpart is a side elevation v1ew of one of the superfeet and the lower partthereof 1s a plan view thereof. Fig. 4 1n its upper part 18 a: sideelevation view of one of the subfeet and the lower part thereof is aplan view thereof? Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view of the bearing-cup,showing the frame-rod 1n cross-section. Fig. 6 is a sectional end viewof a SllCling knife and showing a P01131011 of the frame-rod upon whichit slides, and Flg. 7 is an enlarged plan view of sa1d SlldlIlg. knife.

In said drawings, 10 is a preferably square rod bent substantiallyU-shaped, with two of its diagonally opposite corners in thesamevertical plane. This rod forms the frame of the device, and thelower ends of sa1d frame are provided with preferably square shoulders11, Figs. 1 and 2, each passing through similarly-shaped opemng 12 inthe top of the superfeet 13, and said shoulders 11 are riveted orotherwise secured to sa1d feet 13. To each of the vertical members ofsaid frame are secured bearing-cupsv 14, having a substantially\I-shaped slot passlng vertically through their outer ends, sa1d cupsbeing secured to said frame, preferably by clamping or pinching thewalls Of'Sflld slot against said frame, said cups bemg'formed ofmalleable iron or brass to facilitate said clamping or pinching. Thebottom face of each of said feet 13 is provided with a V- shaped recess18 for the purpose of fitting the-horizontal top portion of theframe-rod 10 in building cutter upon the top of another, in which caseanother foot 13, unattached to rod 10, is secured to the bottom of thefoot 13, attached to the top cutter, said feet 13 clamping thehorizontal portion of frame-rod 10 between their registering recesses18, said feet 13 being thus secured together by bolts passing throughopenings 19 in the opposite ends of said feet 13.

Tlhe fleet 13 fare, as abogre described, specia y a a te or yrami in uroses, and if they wei e of suilibient leng h to Enable the machine tostand upon them they would proj ect an unsightly distance'from themachine and interfere with the knife when feet of such length would beemployed for pyramiding purposes. To this end the feet 13 are formedrelatively short, and when used for sup porting the machine upon thecounter a subfoot 20 of greater length is employed intermediate saidfeet 13 and said counter, said feet 13 and 20 being secured together bybolts 21, Fig. 1, passing through said openings 22, Fig. 4, in feet 20.A lug 23 projects from each of the feet 20 and fits the recesses 18 infeet 13 inorder to register said openings 19 and 22 in said feet. Saidprojection 23 does not fill said recesses 18, and enables a bolt 25orother suitable fastening device, Figs. 1 and 2, to be passed. throughsaid recesses 18 in said fixtures when setting end to end, and thussecure themtogether in such position, which position is termed a fiatpyramid.

Hooked over or otherwise fulcrumed upon the horizontal portion offrame-rod 10 are two arms 30, onenear each side of the frame. The lowerends of each ofsaid arms are rigidly connected together by rods 31 and32, separated from each other, the former being adapted to rest upon thepaper-roll to retard themovement of the-paper-roll and to prevent thewindings of the paper-roll from becoming loose and the rod 32 beingadapted to deflect the loose unwinding end of the paper upward andtoward the knife-edge by said end of the paper being passed between saidrods. At a point above said rods is fulcrumed the knife 33 uponfulcrum-points 34,

said knife being preferably an angle-bar of thin material and saidfulcrumins 4 being at the apex of said angle forms by said bar. One sideof said angle-bar 33 terminates at a point in advance of the rod 32,which deflects the paper upward against said edge of said angle-bar 33,which edge is the cuttin edge thereof. The other side of said angle-bar33 projects over and normally rests upon the rod 31, a rubber or otherbuffer 56 being interposed between them to prevent noise caused by thecontact thereof.

In operation the end 50 of the paper unwound from the paper-roll isdirectly under the edge of the knife, andwith other forms of apparatusnow on the market the paper-roll must be turned by hand to cause saidend of the paper 50 to be projected a sufficient distance from under theknife to enable the thumb and fingers to grasp the pa er and draw itfrom the roll the proper lengt before cutting the same. However, with mypresent invention all that is necessary is to advance the thumb andforefinger toward the cutting edge of the knife, separated ready tograsp the paper. The thumb contacting with the edge of the knife 33 willrock the knife upon its ivot-pins 34 and to the position shown in ottedlines in Fig. 1, in which position the end 50 of the paper will bebetween the thumb and fin er ready to be grasped and unwound thedesirable length from the roll and cut therefrom by shearing contactwith the edge of said knife 33. As soonas the thumb is withdrawn fromthe knife 33 by drawing the paper from the roll or otherwise said knifeby gravity assumes its normal position.

In companion applications, Serial Nos. 73,977 and 73,978, for roll-paperholder and cutter, filed August 31, 1901, I have shown, described, andclaimed means for building one apparatus u on the top of another,whichmeans specifica ly consists in arranging the recesses and theircooperating projections in parallel pairs near each end of theapparatus.

Having now so fully described my inven tion that others skilled in theart may freely make and use the same when this exclusive grant shallcease to operate, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination with a frame having means for supporting the roll ofpaper, a knife-frame adapted to rest upon the periphery of saidpaper-roll, a knife fulcrumed insaid frame at a point above its cuttingedge, and a deflector for deflecting the end of the paper toward theedge of said knife, said knife being out of contact with said paper-rolland adapted to swing upon its fulcrum with its knife-edge movable pastthe loose end of said paper-roll substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a frame provided with means for supporting theroll of paper, a knife-frame adapted to rest upon the periphery of thepaper-roll, a knife fulcrumed in said frame at a point above its edge,said knife being out of contact with said paperroll and adapted to swingupon its fulcrum with its knife-edge movable past the loose end of saidpaper-roll and means for limiting the pivoted movement of said knife andreturning it to initial position substantially as specified.

3. In a paper holder and cutter, the combination of a paper-supply,means for holding said paper-supply, a knife-frame adapted to float onsaid paper-supply and provided with a cross-rod 31, a knife fulcrumed insaid frame at a point above its edge, a member extending at an anglefrom said knife for yieldingly maintaining said knife in its initialposition, and a deflector for deflecting the end of the paper toward theedge of said knife, substantially as specified.

4. In a paper holder and cutter, the combination of a paper-supply,means for holding said paper-supply, a frame movably mounted in saidmeans, said frame including a cross-rod, a knife fulcrumed to said framebeyond said cross-rod and extending 011 one side of said cross-rod, anda projection of said knife extending upon the opposite side of saidcross-rod, substantially as specified.

5. In a paper holder and cutter, the combination of a paper-supply,means for holding said paper-supply, a frame movabl y mounted in saidmeans, said frame including a cross-rod, a knife fulcrumed to said framebeyond said cross-rod and extending on one side of said cross-rod, aprojection of said knife extending on the opposite side of saidcross-rod, and a buffer carried by one of said two last-named membersand contacting with the other for limiting the movement of said knife,substantially as specified.

6. In a paper holder and cutter the combination of a paper-suppl y,means for holding said paper-supply, a knife-frame consisting of knifearms fulcrumed upon said means and cross-rods connecting said arms; saidframe bearing upon said paper-supply, means whereby the loose end ofsaid papersupply may be led from said paper-supply, and a knife movablymounted in said knifeframe adjacent the loose end of said paper andhaving the cutting edge of said knife movable away from the end of saidloose end plf Opaid paper-supply, substantially as speci- 7. In a paperholder and cutter the combination of the paper-supply, means for holdingsaid paper-supply, a knife-frame movably mounted in said means andincluding crossrods 31 and 32, said cross-rod 31 being adapted tocontact with said paper-supply and a knife fulcrumed upon saidknife-frame and having its cutting edge movable away from the loose endof said paper-supply substantially as specified,

8. In a paper-holder a bearing member consisting of a substantiallyU-shaped cup 14 having a back wall provided with a vertical rectangularrecess having on Opposite sides thereof Walls formed of substantiallysoft material, saidwalls being adapted to be bent inward at an angle tothe back Wall of said rectangular recess as and for the purposespecified.

9. In a paper holder and cutter, the combination of a paper-roll, meansfor mounting said roll, a knife-frame movably mounted in said means andprovided With a cross-bar adjacent toand parallel With said roll, a

presser-bar disposed Within a plane below said cross-bar and paralleltherewith, a defiector-bar parallel With said presser-bar and disposedtherebeloW, and a knife formed of an angle-bar and pivotally supportedat its apex upon said cross-bar, the rear end of said knife resting uponsaid resser-bar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

FRANK KAUFMAN.

